Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. —House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today released the following statement regarding an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision to delay implementation of a new rule impacting operators of large boilers: “EPA’s proposed Boiler MACT rule would put more than 300,000 U.S. jobs at risk….

WASHINGTON, DC – The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today released “White House: Transparency Behind Closed Doors?“, a video highlighting the White House’s recent refusal to explain an Executive Order which would politicize the federal procurement process. In its handling of this contentious Executive Order, the White House…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) action against the Boeing Company and efforts to invalidate constitutional amendments in two states are likely to impact America’s economic recovery and should be carefully reviewed given the current climate. Those were the words of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell…

WASHINGTON, DC – The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today released “Meet Your Oversight Watchdogs: Rep. James Lankford,” the sixth in a series of videos to introduce committee members to the American people. Rep. Lankford serves the people of Oklahoma’s Fifth Congressional District both as Chairman of the…

Washington, DC – House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa and Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves issued the following statements on a letter sent today by a bipartisan group of Senators including Rob Portman (R- Ohio), Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) opposing the President’s executive…

WASHINGTON. D.C. – The White House last night agreed to provide Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy Daniel Gordon as a witness for Thursday’s Joint Committee hearing of the House Oversight Committee and House Small Business Committee, “Politicizing Procurement: Would President Obama’s Proposal Curb Free…

WASHINGTON- The House Committee on Oversight and Government D.C. subcommittee will host the top two at-large elected officials in the District on Thursday at 8:45 a.m. Mayor Vincent Gray and Council Chairman Kwame Brown will testify at a hearing on the District’s Fiscal Year 2012 budget. The subcommittee’s chairman, Rep….

WASHINGTON, DC – The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today released Jack’s Story: Government “All about Regulations,” the first in a three part video series detailing how government regulations impact Ohio small business owner Jack Buschur and his company, Buschur Electric Incorporated. Founded in 1978, Buschur Electric grew…

WASHINGTON, DC – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today sent a letter to Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Douglass Elmendorf requesting that CBO provide an official cost estimate of President Obama’s proposed “Civilian Property Realignment Act.” The White House estimates the bill could save…

Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa released the following statement regarding the Department of Justice’s announcement of a month old indictment for the December 15, 2010, murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. At the scene of Terry’s murder, investigators found guns that the ATF had knowingly allowed…